Sooooo.....

[Prudence]

Oh, UHF - hello old friend.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Badgers?

[Disneyphile]

I want to go to Spatula City!

[lashbear]

Hehehe I just read that in Montreal, Eggnog is called "Lait De Poule" - that is, Hen's Milk !

[Morrigoon]

Wheel!

Of!

Fish!!!

[Prudence]

Al tweeted a wheel of fish pic today, which is what inspired my evening viewing.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Stupid! You're so Stuuupiiiiiid!

[lashbear]

Hehehehehehe I like Red Snapper

[€uroMeinke]

Well, it is made of eggs.... :)

Brought up on home made eggnog, the store bought variety never tasted right, then I found out this interesting tidbit:

Modern FDA regulations permit eggnog to contain less than 1% egg yolk solids

My mom says she uses a minimum of 12 raw egg yolks - salmonella be damned

[Stan4dSteph]

Hurry up and get your creepy baby doll while you still can. The Anne Geddes store in DTD Anaheim is closing next month.

[CoasterMatt]

Hurry up and get your creepy baby doll while you still can. The Anne Geddes store in DTD Anaheim is closing next month.
It's about time! Maybe after DCA, they can work on DtD...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Hurry up and get your creepy baby doll while you still can. The Anne Geddes store in DTD Anaheim is closing next month.
Aww, we walked by it just the other day and were reminiscing about the horrifying dead baby Christmas snow whirlwind from its first year.

[Mousey Girl]

After weighing all of my options for tonight, I have decided to just go to a friend's house and hang out and watch movies all night. just the 2 of us. I really wanted to go out of town, but I can't justify the cost of gas. I was also invitied to a few different local venues where different friend's bands are playing, but that got ruled out because I won't drink and drive tonight. Oh well, should still be fun and it is better than staying home alone.

[Gn2Dlnd]

I hadn't thought about how I felt about eggnog outside of its season. On the one hand I like it being special to Yule. On the other hand, it's eggnog! And should be consumed as often as possible.

What are you talking about? A summertime favorite at family BBQs is Devilled Eggnog. My mom makes hers with pickle relish, but she always makes a "virgin" batch for me.

Hate pickles.

[Not Afraid]

Musings on 2010. I came to terms with the fact that as painful as it was to discover I am more of a dog person. The long happy flirtation with felines began many years ago. As the years drew on, I still felt a void in my life. A void I tried to fill with many things, but in the end it was a void that was only filled with the love of a pug or two.

Sadly, I have been I've been over the legal long beach pet limit for some time. After a disagreement over parking with the neighbor I believe they reported my 'illegal harboring'. I need to find homes immediately for 11 beatiful kitties. Though it will hurt in the short term I will find joy in placing them in lovin homes and will mop my tears in the folds of my sweet thurston. Please let me know which cats you would like to adopt. I only have until jan 7 to comply.

[wendybeth]

Oh, Lisa- I'm so sorry! I wish, wish, wish I could! We have the room, but we're too far away, and Haku had put Samwise close to the edge as it is! Big hugs- I know how hard this must be for you. :(

[JWBear]

I'd take one if we could.

[Betty]

Oh no! So sad to hear. We just don't have the room. After getting a new kitten for my birthday, we're up to 2 dogs and a cat.

[Stan4dSteph]

Ugh, screw your neighbor. Sorry to hear that. I hope you can find great homes for them. Will you be able to keep any of the cats?

[alphabassettgrrl]

What are you talking about? A summertime favorite at family BBQs is Devilled Eggnog. My mom makes hers with pickle relish, but she always makes a "virgin" batch for me.

Hate pickles.

I'm with you on pickles. Not a fan, and I really can't see them in eggnog.

Musings on 2010. I came to terms with the fact that as painful as it was to discover I am more of a dog person.
...
Sadly, I have been I've been over the legal long beach pet limit for some time. After a disagreement over parking with the neighbor I believe they reported my 'illegal harboring'.

Ugh. Hate arguing with the neigbors. I'm sure your kitties will adjust and be fine in their new homes. Sorry you have to give them up, but dogs are great! (as you know!)

[katiesue]

oh NA so sorry. We're allergic here. I hope you can find wonderful homes for them.

[Kevy Baby]

My goal for 2011: make sure to lock my phone with LoT logged in when around friends a party.

[Not Afraid]

Musings on 2010. I came to terms with the fact that as painful as it was to discover I am more of a dog person. The long happy flirtation with felines began many years ago. As the years drew on, I still felt a void in my life. A void I tried to fill with many things, but in the end it was a void that was only filled with the love of a pug or two.

Sadly, I have been I've been over the legal long beach pet limit for some time. After a disagreement over parking with the neighbor I believe they reported my 'illegal harboring'. I need to find homes immediately for 11 beatiful kitties. Though it will hurt in the short term I will find joy in placing them in lovin homes and will mop my tears in the folds of my sweet thurston. Please let me know which cats you would like to adopt. I only have until jan 7 to comply.


I can't BELIEVE no one wants to take ANY of my kitties. There are only 10,000!

I also can't believe that SOMEONE :cough: Erik/Greg :cough:hijacked my iPhone, typed something that DIDN'T have one single typo in it, and that you all believed "me". I would move to Montana before getting rid of my cats.

Kudos to Andris (who arrived at 4 am this morning) for wanting to register on LoT as Long Beach Animal Control.

You all suck. :)

[Ghoulish Delight]

"Wait, Erik, you have the same ring as me?"

[Kevy Baby]

...typed something that DIDN'T have one single typo in it...Actually, there are two misspellings and three capitalization errors.

[Not Afraid]

"Wait, Erik, you have the same ring as me?"

Slowly, the clarity appears!

[wendybeth]

I can't BELIEVE no one wants to take ANY of my kitties. There are only 10,000!

I also can't believe that SOMEONE :cough: Erik/Greg :cough:hijacked my iPhone, typed something that DIDN'T have one single typo in it, and that you all believed "me". I would move to Montana before getting rid of my cats.

Kudos to Andris (who arrived at 4 am this morning) for wanting to register on LoT as Long Beach Animal Control.

You all suck. :)

Lol! I thought evil zombies had taken over our Lisa! I was right!!! :D

(I'm gonna hunt down those bastards for making me worry all night.....)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Hey, I just wanted to post something crude about NA's vagina in the words and gameplay forum. The cat-astrophy post was all Nirvanaman's idea.

And I think CP said something about wanting to start a rumor.

[Disneyphile]

OMG. It's the red longjohns of 2011. I'm glad I scrolled down, because I was seriously about to call Ken at work and see what we could do. :p

[Betty]

oh good.

[flippyshark]

Wow. I fell for it, and wondered what the hell was happening to my universe! (I would have taken several, though.) Glad to see all is right with the world.

[NirvanaMan]

In the immortal words of CP: we should start a rumor.

Btw it took a long time to type and edit that whole thing on the iPhone.

[JWBear]

Ooooo... You guys are evil! :snap:

[alphabassettgrrl]

An entertaining kind of evil!

I dug the dog-person conversion because of course, dogs are awesome! :)

[lashbear]

I'll take them, but you have to wrap them carefully because Australia Post is notoriously rough on parcels.

[Capt Jack]

In the immortal words of CP: we should start a rumor.

Btw it took a long time to type and edit that whole thing on the iPhone.


Eh. You get used to it.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

And I think CP said something about wanting to start a rumor.

In the immortal words of CP: we should start a rumor. For the record, I had nothing to do with it, and I didn't say shyt. :p

[Kevy Baby]

For the record, I had nothing to do with it, and I didn't say shyt. :pIts only a rumor that you didn't have any part in this.

[katiesue]

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_nZVVWMvD6Mo/TSEeSUF7GDI/AAAAAAAAGGQ/0rvVSjzu5dk/s640/IMG_20110102_163533.jpg

Yoda likes pancakes.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

:cakes:

[Moonliner]

Musings on 2010. I came to terms with the fact that as painful as it was to discover I am more of a dog person. The long happy flirtation with felines began many years ago. As the years drew on, I still felt a void in my life. A void I tried to fill with many things, but in the end it was a void that was only filled with the love of a pug or two.

Sadly, I have been I've been over the legal long beach pet limit for some time. After a disagreement over parking with the neighbor I believe they reported my 'illegal harboring'. I need to find homes immediately for 11 beatiful kitties. Though it will hurt in the short term I will find joy in placing them in lovin homes and will mop my tears in the folds of my sweet thurston. Please let me know which cats you would like to adopt. I only have until jan 7 to comply.

Hummm, This post was made at 1:12am on January 1st 2011. Interesting (http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/01/california-bill-criminalizing-online-impersonations-in-effect-starting-today/).

[Ghoulish Delight]

Hummm, This post was made at 1:12am on January 1st 2011. Interesting (http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/01/california-bill-criminalizing-online-impersonations-in-effect-starting-today/).
That's east coast time. It was 10:12PM our time.

[Not Afraid]

Damn!

[wendybeth]

Lol, Moonie! Good find!

[BarTopDancer]

Cm'on! you really think GD and NM aren't going to pay attention to details?

[CoasterMatt]

The elevator tried to keep me from getting to my office this morning.

[CoasterMatt]

I think I found "Future" Kevy -
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1511/3c2fab8cef56424baf2ca0d.jpg

[BarTopDancer]

oh good grief. That needs spoiler tags for work.

[JWBear]

I think I found "Future" Kevy -
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1511/3c2fab8cef56424baf2ca0d.jpg

Future?

[Kevy Baby]

Future?Yes: I shaved my beard a while back.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Sooo... packing for 15 days away turns out to be kind of a big deal. Oh gods. I know I'm going to forget something terribly vital.

I can't wait for it to be Wednesday morning. We'll be on the train to Burbank, and it will all be too late to worry about.

[Alex]

I know I'm going to forget something terribly vital.

Relax, other than life sustaining medications, there is nothing terribly vital to be forgotten.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

what about her Hello Kitty wristwatch?

[Alex]

Not vital.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Actually I was thinking it might be good to have a watch- but all of them need new batteries. My dad's old watch, a Goofy one, a purple one (would never wear pink!!!!), or the tiny little pretty one my mom bought me. Given how close we are to the wire, I doubt it will happen at all.

[Ghoulish Delight]

The last two watches I've worn on a daily basis are "automatics" - they wind themselves simply by the momentum of wearing them. I doubt I'll ever go back to a watch with batteries.

[Alex]

I don't want a self-winding (or solar powered) watch because then I'd wear the same watch for the rest of my life. The death of a battery is my trigger to treat myself to a new watch.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'm clumsy enough that my trigger is when the crystal is scratched up enough that I'd need to send it in to get it replaced. I think at this point I keep wearing a watch mostly because if I didn't, judging by the abuse my watch faces take, I'd shatter my wrist without one.

[JWBear]

I can never keep a wristwatch running for more than a month or so. It doesn't matter if it's a wind-up, battery powered, or self-winding - digital or analog. They all just stop on me. Must be my magnetic personality...

[alphabassettgrrl]

I'm told my grandpa was like that- never could keep a watch running.

I was successful in my quest- so a pretty watch with a square face and numbers, and my dad's old watch with just tick-marks both have new batteries and the guy even set the right time!

[Moonliner]

I can never keep a wristwatch running for more than a month or so. It doesn't matter if it's a wind-up, battery powered, or self-winding - digital or analog. They all just stop on me. Must be my magnetic personality...

Might I suggest...

http://www.grand-illusions.com/images/articles/toycollection/sundial_wristwatch/mainimage.jpg

[Morrigoon]

They still make that? That was one of my favorite watches EVER.

[Kevy Baby]

It has been years since I've worn a watch. Sometimes I miss it for aesthetic reasons, but timekeeping never seems to be an issue.

[Prudence]

So, I had a near brush with disaster today. Seems I get to fill out the 450 ethics form this year, and among the items you're required to disclose are any future job offers you've accepted.

O.O

Then I read the fine print and discovered it was only *non-federal* offers, that one has to disclose.

This form is reviewed by my supervisor and my supervisor's supervisor, and I didn't want this to be how I gave notice. Surprise!

[Moonliner]

So.... I'm on a plane. Flying across the country. Six hours. It has WiFi. I'm bored. Hi. I can get Hulu, sorta. The trail mix was nasty. I brought a sandwich. It's dark. I think it's cloudy. My GPS does not work in here. I have a row all to myself. I think I'll run an IP scan of the local LAN and see if there is anything interesting around me. I had a coke. Just a small one. I'm saving the sandwich for later. Rhapsody to-go now has a cache option. I'm listening to Sugarland. Before that was Meatloaf. Before that was Shock treatment - Little black dress. Ohh bump! Why can't I sleep on planes? Up next: "I see you driving down town with the girl I love and I'm like....
A light! I guess it's not cloudy after all. Although I guess it could be partly cloudy. I think I'll go find a flight tracker and see where in the hell I am.


Edited to add: I'm over North Dakota. That explains the lack of lights.

[Betty]

So.... I'm on a plane. Flying across the country. Six hours. It has WiFi. I'm bored. Hi. I can get Hulu, sorta. The trail mix was nasty. I brought a sandwich. It's dark. I think it's cloudy. My GPS does not work in here. I have a row all to myself. I think I'll run an IP scan of the local LAN and see if there is anything interesting around me. I had a coke. Just a small one. I'm saving the sandwich for later. Rhapsody to-go now has a cache option. I'm listening to Sugarland. Before that was Meatloaf. Before that was Shock treatment - Little black dress. Ohh bump! Why can't I sleep on planes? Up next: "I see you driving down town with the girl I love and I'm like....
A light! I guess it's not cloudy after all. Although I guess it could be partly cloudy. I think I'll go find a flight tracker and see where in the hell I am.


Edited to add: I'm over North Dakota. That explains the lack of lights.

What are you doing now? :D

[Not Afraid]

LOL! It's like a little peek into Moonie's stream of conscious when he flies.

[Moonliner]

What are you doing now? :D


Montana! Uncle kracker - Smile. Facebooking with Headliner, typing. The sandwich met it's demise, or higher purpose depending on your own philosophical bent. Working on work (just a little). Gaga - Bad romance. Err, I have no idea how that got into the rotation.....

[Not Afraid]

Where are you going?

[Moonliner]

Where are you going?

Elton John - If it wasn't for bad. Seattle, then south towards Olympia, visit my dad. Sunday on to Texas. Visit mom-in-law. In short a maintenance trip.

[blueerica]

I'm getting a bit excited over my upcoming trip to Phoenix.

WARMS! Here I come!!!

[JWBear]

I'm getting a bit excited over my upcoming trip to Phoenix.

WARMS! Here I come!!!

Make sure you have all of your documents with you to prove you are a citizen.

[Gemini Cricket]

So, I'm single again. I broke up with Chuck who I have been seeing since August. He's not going to settle here in Hawai`i and I'm not moving around the country again while his job relocates him constantly... Anyway, I'm doing fine.
:)

[innerSpaceman]

Gemini Cricket - waaaaaa!


And, um, since August??! I didn't know it had been that long. Hadn't you fallen deeply in love with him in those 5 months - enough to follow him to the ends of Southern California? I mean, er, ends of the Earth? :p

[Morrigoon]

Looks like I have a funeral to go to tomorrow. But it's an hour and a half away, eesh. Someone who worked for my dad when I was growing up. 92 years old... kind of amazing, really.

[Gemini Cricket]

I don't think I could have lived in DeFuniak Springs, FL. I think this is where he will likely settle down.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Well, someone's got to put the fun in DeFuniak.

[Prudence]

So....IF we were going to Hawaii, which island and where should we stay?

[Alex]

What do you like to do? My default answer is Kauai.

[Morrigoon]

Depends on what you want. Excitement/nightlife you go to Oahu (a bit like San Diego though, IMHO). Wanna go super slow and just lounge on your hotel's beach, you go to Kauai. Want the best of both worlds you hit Maui.

[Alex]

I should say, I say Kauai but default because it is, in my opinion, the prettiest of the islands I've been to. I don't think I ever spent any time on a beach there, whenever I was there it was for school projects and I was in the company of locals with specific work to do.

So it may really suck as a tourist.

[Morrigoon]

To be fair, I didn't mention the Big Island. There's probably a lot going there, but the only time I visited it we were at a hotel in the middle of miles of lava, so didn't get to see the nice side.

[Not Afraid]

I haven't been there since 1971, but I thought Kauai was beautiful, the road to Hana on Maui incredible, the volcanos and lava fields of Hawaii amazing and didn't care much for Oahu. I'm not much of a beach person, though.

[Alex]

The miles of lava are the nice side (or at least, the side I liked best).

[Not Afraid]

The miles of lava are the nice side (or at least, the side I liked best).

Ditto.

[katiesue]

Madz can give you tips on Maui for cheap. She went with her dad and they ate at Costco :rolleyes:

[BarTopDancer]

If you want to get chased by a pimp E and I can recommend you take a stroll through the International Marketplace at 3am.

[Alex]

That's where I got kicked by a marine. But it was only 1am so there may be a shift change.

[Kevy Baby]

I think a new TiVo is in our future - this one has been acting up something fierce. New TiVo XL + Lifetime = $750.00. Ouch

[lashbear]

So....IF we were going to Hawaii, which island and where should we stay?
The one that has Brad on it is good !

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I think a new TiVo is in our future - this one has been acting up something fierce. New TiVo XL + Lifetime = $750.00. OuchAre you factoring in the discount for current Lifetime subscribers?

[katiesue]

haha - looking on one of Maddies friends facebook. She lists employer as "Mother" Chores, April 2001 to present

[Prudence]

Madz can give you tips on Maui for cheap. She went with her dad and they ate at Costco :rolleyes:

While we're fans of the hot dog combo as much as the next couple, I think we have something more...luxurious...in mind.

[BarTopDancer]

I think a new TiVo is in our future - this one has been acting up something fierce. New TiVo XL + Lifetime = $750.00. Ouch

Are you factoring in the discount for current Lifetime subscribers?

TIVO XL $449 + Lifetime $199 = $649

[Kevy Baby]

TIVO XL $449 + Lifetime $199 = $649True: I was looking from our TiVo HD, which I pay month-to-month. $649 if we upgrade our old (unused) TiVo Series 2.

It just kills me that our TiVo HD is giving us so much trouble after just 2-1/2 years.

[Moonliner]

*sigh*

I almost made it home. I was on the plane when they ran out of de-icing goo at the Charlotte airport and sent us back to the gate. So now I'm stuck in Charlotte for the night with no clear plan for tomorrow. Still I have a fine 2-Star room for the night which is more than some.

OK tomorrow, bring it! I'll be ready for you whatever may come.

[Kevy Baby]

I am SO not looking forward to my trip to Des Moines next month

[BarTopDancer]

Better they ran out of deicing goo than gas!

[JWBear]

Happy 1-11-11!

[Alex]

You'd think the party for 1-11-11 would be bigger than the party for 1-1-11 was. There's a whole extra 1!

But no, at this rate of celebratory decline all that'll happen for 11-11-11 is everybody gets an off brand sparkler.

[JWBear]

But the government has made 11-11-11 a holiday, just like they did for 1-1-11! So we get to party on 11-11-11!

[Betty]

But the government has made 11-11-11 a holiday, just like they did for 1-1-11! So we get to party on 11-11-11!

I'm totally going to party today like it's 11-11-11.

[Alex]

Wow, an official government holiday and still all we're going to get is an off-brand sparkler? That sucks.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Eleventy!!!!1111!!!1!

[JWBear]

Wow, an official government holiday and still all we're going to get is an off-brand sparkler? That sucks.

Perhaps we should have an Eleventy Eleven Eleven Party!

[Gemini Cricket]

I keep thinking iSm's posts are by JWBear because of the hunkalicious avatar he has. If I were JW, I'd sue.

:D

[JWBear]

My signature doesn't give it away?!

[Gemini Cricket]

Ha ha. I have sigs turned off.
:)

[Kevy Baby]

FINALLY got my 2010 bonus check (we usually get it in mid-December). It disgusts me how how much is deducted by the frickin' government :mad:

[Kevy Baby]

And on a different topic, I was having a discussion with someone about how to properly endorse a check. I was amused how this site (http://www.wikihow.com/Endorse-a-Check) contradicts itself.

It amuses me the conflicting information out there on this topic - mainly in terms of the order of these three items (shown how I have always endorsed a check):

"For Deposit Only"
(my checking account #)
(My signature)I think I have found sites which list just about every possible sequence of the above three items.

[JWBear]

I keep thinking iSm's posts are by JWBear because of the hunkalicious avatar he has. If I were JW, I'd sue.

:D

There... Now you'll be really confused!

[Kevy Baby]

There... Now you'll be really confused!Ooh... this could get interesting...

[Kevy Baby]

As some of you know, I work in the printing business and we do a fair amount of Direct Mail Marketing. Occasionally, I like to remind everyone that there is a National Do Not Mail list (much like the national Do Not Call registry) that is maintained by the DMA (Direct Marketers Association). Unlike the Do Not Call list, the Do Not Mail list is maintained and used by respond mailers (such as us) voluntarily and is offered as a tool to individuals who want to control the amount of mail they receive and what kind of solicitations you receive (no, you cannot use this to stop bills from coming in :)).

If you would like to place your name on the Do Not Mail list, you can register at https://www.dmachoice.org

[Ghoulish Delight]

FINALLY got my 2010 bonus check (we usually get it in mid-December). It disgusts me how how much is deducted by the frickin' government :mad:If it makes you feel any better, if the government weren't deducting that, the supply/demand model of economics holds that the check would be for less. So the net result is not as much of a decrease of money in your pocket as you think it is (the difference being contingent how elastic/inelastic your profession's salary curve is).

[Kevy Baby]

Don't care - want more money

[BarTopDancer]

At least you get a bonus.

[Stan4dSteph]

Back from the WDW half marathon just in time for Snowmaggedon: Upstate NY edition. I don't have much food at home, so I guess it will be chocolate and cookies until further notice.

[cirquelover]

I could live with chocolate and cookies, make that hot chocolate, during a snow storm! I'm glad you made it home alright, it looks like many are stuck in airports again.

[Kevy Baby]

At least you get a bonus.True. But trust me: I earn it. It's like the guys who work in the bomb disposal unit getting hazard pay.

[Alex]

So, had to momentarily turn off the Alex stylesheet and go back to default. How the heck do you guys tolerate all the visual chaos? Makes me feel like the Tim Robbins character in Noise.

[Snowflake]

Listening to my favorite recording of Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto is just like being in heaven to me. At least it's making the workplace tolerable today.

[Stan4dSteph]

So, had to momentarily turn off the Alex stylesheet and go back to default. How the heck do you guys tolerate all the visual chaos? Makes me feel like the Tim Robbins character in Noise.Turning of sigs pretty much does enough for me to tolerate.

[Gn2Dlnd]

^ And here I thought your sig was "Submit to Quotes."

[innerSpaceman]

There... Now you'll be really confused!
Kevy's doing it, too. I have no idea why, but I'm not changing my avatar. :cool:

I generally keep my avatar around for months and months at a time, and I really like this one. Apparently, um, others do, too. I guess there's something more to the copycats than that, but it's going right over my head.

[Gemini Cricket]

I condone this shenaniganery.

[JWBear]

Kevy's doing it, too. I have no idea why, but I'm not changing my avatar.

Why. (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showpost.php?p=339788&postcount=8606)

[Moonliner]

So, had to momentarily turn off the Alex stylesheet and go back to default. How the heck do you guys tolerate all the visual chaos? Makes me feel like the Tim Robbins character in Noise.

"Alex Stylesheet" Interesting. A very different look. I think I'll try it for awhile.

[CoasterMatt]

No pants is definitely the style for the rest of the day.

[BarTopDancer]

My mom can barely turn on or answer her cell phone let alone use it. My mom called me from her cell phone. I answer, heart racing, thinking something is seriously wrong.

Nope. Nothing wrong. The power went out so she walked int her bedroom, past the plugged in phone to pick up the cell phone, back into the living room to call me. Because their cordless phones don't work.

[cirquelover]

A new kitten showed in my yard today before dawn. I heard a commotion outside my window and opened the window but couldn't see much. I heard a little cry that wasn't like any of my animals so I went out to investigate. It is the cutest little thing but my outdoor cats want to kill it. I've locked it in the garage and started putting up signs but the darn wind keeps bowing them away.

It is an adorable kitten with very unusual stripping and a huge motor. I'm sure someone is missing it and hopefully I can find them!!

[Betty]

Oh - little kitty kitty. I hope you find your home soon. I've always been a cat person but it's been a good 17 years since I had a cat. Since my husband got one from the local animal shelter for me for my bday, the cat thing has really taken over. Amazing how quickly I can become attached to my little fur baby.

[Alex]

Just a passing report that I am periodically getting a very slow response when trying to open this thread, not happening with any others and not happening every time.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I was figuring on shutting it down at 10K posts. If it starts to get worse before then, I'll do something sooner.

[Morrigoon]

Jeez, the next one's gonna have 6 o's and 6 periods......

[Not Afraid]

A new kitten showed in my yard today before dawn. I heard a commotion outside my window and opened the window but couldn't see much. I heard a little cry that wasn't like any of my animals so I went out to investigate. It is the cutest little thing but my outdoor cats want to kill it. I've locked it in the garage and started putting up signs but the darn wind keeps bowing them away.

It is an adorable kitten with very unusual stripping and a huge motor. I'm sure someone is missing it and hopefully I can find them!!

Oh, just sent him over here. :D

[Ghoulish Delight]

http://www.notquitewrong.com/rosscottinc/comics/2011-01-13-seesomething.gif

[cirquelover]

Oh, just sent him over here. :D


I'm not sure how Chris would feel about that;)

[Kevy Baby]

The boss left this morning for a two week + vacation to South America. It is like a little vacation for all of us!

[Alex]

So today I was demoted.

Annoyingly, it took three and a half months for me to engineer it.

[katiesue]

I'm getting the same delay Alex is when opening this thread.

And Alex, congrats on the demotion!

[Alex]

Thanks, I don't actually consider it a demotion (and from a corporate hierarchy point of view it is a lateral move) but from a business person's perspective it is definitely a step backwards.

But I've advanced to a point along this chain where I really do know I don't want to advance any farther and while I'm good at my job I don't really care about my job. So I've put myself back onto a track where I know I'll be able to say "if my boss leaves I want his job, and then when his boss leaves I'll want that one too."

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Well just in case you need it, may I suggest you think about http://rim.jobs? (work safe)

[Alex]

I know it is work safe, I've been teasing my contacts at RIM since someone tweeted that yesterday.

But it is a delicate line. I have to be very certain they know what a rimjob is before I do it because I don't want to have to explain it. Unsurprisingly pretty much everybody at RIM is very much aware of it.

[Betty]

The boss left this morning for a two week + vacation to South America. It is like a little vacation for all of us!

I know just what you mean. Mine just got back from South Africa.

[Moonliner]

Well just in case you need it, may I suggest you think about http://rim.jobs? (work safe)

A job at RIM? Huh. I don't think I've ever seen rats boarding a sinking ship.

[Kevy Baby]

An 839 MB upload at 48 KB/s is going to take a while.

Boy, do we need a better internet connection!

[Alex]

Go find an antique 56K modem and get dialup. It'll be faster.

[Kevy Baby]

http://rim.jobs? (work safe)Well, in their defense, its actually just a reserved domain that auto links you to http://www.rim.com/careers/

So they were just covering their butts http://home.mindspring.com/%7Ekevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/rimshot.gif

[SzczerbiakManiac]

rimshot for Kevy

[Kevy Baby]

rimshot for KevySo to speak...

[CoasterMatt]

Check out their openings...

[Ghoulish Delight]

I hear you've got to be a real ass kisser to get those jobs.

[Kevy Baby]

Do you know the difference between an ass kisser and a brown noser?

Depth perception

[Kevy Baby]

New TiVo XL ordered.

[RStar]

New TiVo XL ordered.

TiVo comes in extra large?

[lashbear]

^ And here I thought your sig was "Submit to Quotes."
VG2DLM !!! :snap:

Well just in case you need it, may I suggest you think about http://rim.jobs? (work safe)
Surprisingly, that URL no longer displays or links to anything... :D

[Kevy Baby]

TiVo comes in extra large?TiVo Premiere has 45 hours HD capacity (320 Gigabyte Drive); the Premiere XL has 150 hours of HD capacity (1 TB drive). I haven't looked into expansion capabilities through the SATA port (which I did on my HD TiVo)

[Kevy Baby]

I haven't looked into expansion capabilities through the SATA port (which I did on my HD TiVo)As I suspected, you can plug in an external 1 TB drive (although it has to be the Western Digital My Book AV DVR Expander (http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Expander-External-WDBABT0010HBK-NESN/dp/B003MVZ60S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1295206947&sr=1-1)). This will give you 300 HD hours or 2,700 standard def hours capacity.

[Kevy Baby]

Our phones here at the office went down last Friday at about 2:30 and are still down. Found out that due to the rain and a car hitting something, a main trunk line is down because it was flooded. Apparently, it is a 3600 twisted pair (3600 phone line) segment. AT&T has been working around the clock through the weekend - I spoke with the guys working on it last night (if you see the right lane of eastbound MacArthur closed between Bristol and Main - now you know what it is about).

Yesterday went out and bought a Go Phone for $30.00 and are having our phones forwarded to it. I also set up an eFax number (along with a dummy GMail account) to cover faxes. We sent out a broadcast email Monday morning to all of our contacts Friday morning.

Hopefully everything is back up later today or tomorrow at the latest.

Oddly, we still have internet, even though our fax line (which is the carrier line for our DSL) is down.

So much fun :(

[Alex]

Guess your boss didn't want anybody to call while he's in South America. Limits the trouble you can get into.

[Kevy Baby]

Whoo hoo, we are screaming now...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1117447607.png

[CoasterMatt]

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1139/tcx2vepula.jpg

[Snowflake]

Really, ya'll have been busy since I last looked!

1581

[Kevy Baby]

No - there are only 19 new posts. You slacking by not reading old posts.

Actually, read the New Post Method? (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?t=10954) thread for more info.

[Kevy Baby]

Kinda like today's Google (http://www.google.com) image:

http://www.google.com/logos/2011/jfkinaugural11-hp.jpg (http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#q=John+F.+Kennedy+inaugural+address&ct=jfkinaugural11-hp&oi=ddle&fp=50c19bb93350b9ff)

[Gemini Cricket]

Continuing my train of thought in another thread:

People use "literally" too much.

I literally heard someone use the word "literally" like 500 times.

See? Sounds irritating doesn't it?

And the phrase, "it is what it is"... way too much.

I don't mind "like" and "uh" or "um" because I use them.
:D

[Gemini Cricket]

Really, ya'll have been busy since I last looked!

1581
I like the Alex quote.

[Kevy Baby]

Somebody shipped me something I bought on eBay using USPS's Flat Rate Priority Mail service. They put the items in a Small Flat Rate Box and then put the box in a Flat Rate Envelope. In order to save $0.25.

Wow...

[Ghoulish Delight]

I like the Alex quote.
What's weird is if you search for the terms "down", "pretty", and "honey" and put Alex as the user, you get two posts as a result.

[Alex]

Well, it is ignoring "down" as a common word, so it is just pretty and honey that appear in two posts by me.

[Gemini Cricket]

Check out their openings...
Tee hee!

[Kevy Baby]

I love a "well, DUH!" answer. As found on answers.yahoo.com (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100924212143AApMKwx):Can anyone tell me how thick is 10 mil?

I know 10 mil is 1000th of an inch or so I was told. I want to buy a laminating machine and the highest it goes is 10 mil. I dont have anything to compare it to. Can anyone compare it to something like an object. Or compare to sheets of computer paper for example. I just want to see exactly how thick 10 mil will be. Im hoping its similar to a credit card or a bit thicker.

Thanks in advance :)Best Answer - Chosen by Voters

10 mil. is 10 mil thick.

[Disneyphile]

So, anything exciting happen in the last couple of weeks?

[Alex]

I'm curious about the 1/10000th of an inch part. I wonder how tall he thinks a stack of 10,000 credit cards would be.

[Alex]

So, anything exciting happen in the last couple of weeks?

We finally settled the question of free will. You don't have any so stop resisting.

[Disneyphile]

We finally settled the question of free will. You don't have any so stop resisting.Good to know. Sounds like you've been productive. ;)

[LSPoorEeyorick]

My life got surreal...

[Kevy Baby]

That should come as no surrprise

[Gemini Cricket]

So, anything exciting happen in the last couple of weeks?
I became completely addicted to the show "Supernatural" and now the lines between reality and fantasy have been permanently blurred in my brain.

[RStar]

I love Supernatural!

Although, I'm not as pleased with the way the brothers' relationship has gone these past two seasons. But it's still good.

Are you watching it on DVD? Which season? (Not witch season, btw. ;) )

[wendybeth]

Tori got us into Supernatural- I love, love, love the show!


Speaking of Tori, we asked her what she wanted to do for her 16 birthday. After several days of careful consideration, she finally told me tonight: She wants to spend it in Disneyland, with her LoT family. (No undue influence or pressure on my part, whatsoever. I do think she has ESP, however). Sooooo- looks like a late June 16th b-day Swanking!!! :D Eric is going to try and stay healthy so he can actually come down there this time. Yayyy!



Oh, yeah- her b-day is on June 22nd. We'll probably come down on the 20th and leave the 24th.

[Not Afraid]

I may even be able to go on TOT without holding on to my boobs by that time.

[wendybeth]

I thought Chris said you had your heart set on a G-cup? (Lol- is there even such a thing? ) You wouldn't have to hold them- the parabolic effect would make them float!!:D

[BarTopDancer]

Lisa might not be holding them but someone probably will be.

[Kevy Baby]

Lisa might not be holding them but someone probably will be.ME, ME... PICK ME!!!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

We now have two See n Says - one that's new and one that's old school. The old one sounds exactly like the voice on the Disneyland Railroad...aka Thurl Ravenscroft. I can't find anything to corroborate.

In case you don't remember... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05juUxI3ZZI)

[BarTopDancer]

ME, ME... PICK ME!!!

Why you asking me? They're Lisa's boobs.

[JWBear]

Anyone want to buy a fixer-upper? (http://www.trulia.com/property/3039854791-3801-E-5th-St-Long-Beach-CA-90814) It's just around the corner from us; and such a bargain!

[Kevy Baby]

Why you asking me? They're Lisa's boobs.As long as SOMEONE says yes, I get to grab them

[Not Afraid]

I thought Chris said you had your heart set on a G-cup? (Lol- is there even such a thing? ) You wouldn't have to hold them- the parabolic effect would make them float!!:D

LOL. On my pug board someone asked a question about K cups (Keurig) and I could only think of bra sizes.

[Gn2Dlnd]

We now have two See n Says - one that's new and one that's old school. The old one sounds exactly like the voice on the Disneyland Railroad...aka Thurl Ravenscroft. I can't find anything to corroborate.

In case you don't remember... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05juUxI3ZZI)

Here's what I think. Same guy, slightly faster playback on the new See n Say, causing the increase in pitch. I think they used different takes for some of the animals, but the inflection is identical on a few, making me think it's the same recording, just played faster. And, I'm pretty sure it's not Thurl.

[Morrigoon]

This makes me think.

We feed our kids all this info about farms and farm animals, as there's a sort of traditional precedent that makes us link up children's education and farms. But really, doesn't that come from the days when lots of children were growing up ON farms, and it was only natural they should first be taught about their environment? "But kids LIKE farms," the culture at large responds. Hmm... do they like farms because they genuinely are interested in farming, or because it's what we've been teaching them about and producing toys for all this time? If we were to replace farm themes in early childhood toys, what WOULD we replace them with?

Fun to muse on. Not particularly useful, but fun to think about.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Here's what I think. Same guy, slightly faster playback on the new See n Say, causing the increase in pitch. I think they used different takes for some of the animals, but the inflection is identical on a few, making me think it's the same recording, just played faster. And, I'm pretty sure it's not Thurl.Actually, the video is just showing two relatively similar versions. My new one is totally different (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Neg6Gc-39Sk), digital instead of analog, new voice, extra animals, and a quiz and song space.

If we were to replace farm themes in early childhood toys, what WOULD we replace them with?
There are lots of "zoo" and "safari" animal toys, as well as "woodland creatures" and "pets". No need to buy farm related stuff.

[Kevy Baby]

Is it just me or does CP's current avatar look like the stork just sh¡t the baby out?

[Ghoulish Delight]

I find farming to be a socially important topic to enforce. It's becoming more and more obvious that the level of abstraction between us and the source of our food has unintended and undesirable consequences. We need to continue SOME attempt to keep the idea that where our food comes from is a real, tangible place with life in the social milieu.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Is it just me or does CP's current avatar look like the stork just sh¡t the baby out?

Close. More like birthed the baby.

China Illinois (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzYnlHZeSjw)

[Kevy Baby]

Close. More like birthed the baby.You have your interpretation, I have mine

[JWBear]

Is it just me or does CP's current avatar look like the stork just sh¡t the baby out?

Close. More like birthed the baby.


Either way it must have been quite an unpleasant shock.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Is it just me or does CP's current avatar look like the stork just sh¡t the baby out?Is that version any less preposterous?

Not that I have "issues" with the stork legend, it just seems kind of funny to me to compare a silly myth to a silly illustration.


I meant this to be lighthearted and fear people are going to take great umbrage with my comments. I hope this is taken in the jovial manner in which it was written.

[Kevy Baby]

Who delivers baby storks?

[mousepod]

Who delivers baby storks?

Oh, you silly man!

Everyone knows there's no such thing as storks.

[Kevy Baby]

http://home.mindspring.com/%7Ekevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/cry.gif Waaa... http://home.mindspring.com/%7Ekevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/cry.gif

mousepod just ruined another cherished belief


Next you're gonna tell me there's no Easter Bunny

[Disneyphile]

Well, there's definitely a tooth fairy. I've seen photographic evidence. :eek:

[SzczerbiakManiac]

this (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808510/)?

[Nephythys]

So-my son Braden enlisted in the Navy today. Ships out in October-we are crazy proud of him. :)

[Kevy Baby]

Well, there's definitely a tooth fairy. I've seen photographic evidence. :eek:It's a myth

So-my son Braden enlisted in the Navy today. Ships out in October-we are crazy proud of him. :)Cool. That will be excellent for him!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

You guys did click the link, right? If you want you can skip to 2:35 (though I highly recommend the whole thing).

China Illinois (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzYnlHZeSjw)

[Kevy Baby]

Why click on the link when it is so much easier to espouse uniformed decisions based on my own ignorance?

[Not Afraid]

Tulle fog sucks.

[Not Afraid]

Tulle fog sucks.

[Kevy Baby]

Apparently it sucks so bad, it needed to be said twice

Be careful out there!

[Kevy Baby]

So, the next stage of the home theatre update was completed tonight. Put in the new TiVo over the weekend and moved the old one to the bedroom.

And then found out that not all programs can be transferred from the old one to the new one: copy protected programs are a no go.

So moved the old one back to the livingroom tonight... sigh

And why the hell do we have three DVD players in the livingroom?!? Well, one is the 400 disk carousel (with no HDMI), one is a DVD recorder which isn't even hooked up (again, not HDMI), and the Blue Ray.

I think it is time for a tear-down and rebuild...

[Not Afraid]

We're home from a wonderful - and much delayed - weekend away. This was SUPPOSED to be the trip we took at Thanksgiving. We almost didn't make it this time either. But, we went and breathed and played in snow, and cuddled with puglets and spent time with my Bro and SIL, and went exploring on mountain roads, and saw things I've never seen before - and one I don't want to see again.

The cats are happy, the house is here, and reality begins again tomorrow. And, oh what a reality it is. Boo.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

So-my son Braden enlisted in the Navy today. Ships out in October-we are crazy proud of him. :)

Congratulations!

[Moonliner]

I find farming to be a socially important topic to enforce. It's becoming more and more obvious that the level of abstraction between us and the source of our food has unintended and undesirable consequences. We need to continue SOME attempt to keep the idea that where our food comes from is a real, tangible place with life in the social milieu.

Don't know about your part of the world, but out here that are farms where you can kill and butcher your own cow.

[BarTopDancer]

Don't know about your part of the world, but out here that are farms where you can kill and butcher your own cow.

I prefer my cow to not look like a cow by the time it enters my possession.

[lashbear]

So-my son Braden enlisted in the Navy today. Ships out in October-we are crazy proud of him. :)
Tell him congratulations from us !!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

So... I would like this (http://sweetandnerdy.blogspot.com/2011/01/smore-made-into-keyboard.html) to be my next keyboard.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQz7IZNwRIw/TSFA0jjnbwI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/gQRouuo8SR0/s640/keyboard.gif

[CoasterMatt]

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/834/blamedisney23573091621.jpg

[Moonliner]

Wow. I made the front page of Drudge (http://www.drudgereport.com/).

I had a lot of trouble getting home tonight. I'm worried for Mrs. Moonie who is still out in it trying to get home.

[Kevy Baby]

Wow. I made the front page of Drudge (http://www.drudgereport.com/).I thought I recognized your work (http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/2-Girls-Scouts-Victimized-By-a-Drive-By-Cookie-Monster-114601154.html?dr).

[Moonliner]

This is not good. The road Mrs. Moonie is on has been closed. It's looking like she will have to spend the night in her car.

[JWBear]

"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me."

--Noel Coward

[BarTopDancer]

This is not good. The road Mrs. Moonie is on has been closed. It's looking like she will have to spend the night in her car.

How scary!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Moonie, that's awful. Is there some place she can get off it and find an alternate route home???? When they closed the road, do they just make everybody sit there? That can't be right. They have to let her out, someplace.

[BarTopDancer]

From reading about other incidents people do indeed get stuck sleeping in their cars.

We keep earthquake kits in our cars. Do people with massive snow keep blizzard kits (with blankets and warm clothing?)

[Not Afraid]

Spend the night in the car? In a blizzard? Not on my bucket list! I hope she can get home - or get somewhere warm.

[katiesue]

Yikes. I hope Mrs. Moonie gets home safely. My grandma always made us keep a blanket and water in our car for just such emergencies.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I suppose it's too late to put a plug in for the car emergency kit we bought at Costco several years back. $15, it included a ton of stuff, most relevantly an emergency blanket.

Thinking warm thoughts for Ms. Moonie :(

[Disneyphile]

This is not good. The road Mrs. Moonie is on has been closed. It's looking like she will have to spend the night in her car.Yikes! Sending her lots of warm thoughts for the night! :(

[mousepod]

That's scary! Hope everything turns out OK.

[Kevy Baby]

Yikes - sending warms thoughts to Mrs Moonliner.

[lashbear]

I'm sending her some of our summer. (and the emergency blanket sounds like a good idea.)

[alphabassettgrrl]

When I lived in cold, yes, we kept supplies in the car. Not a formal kit, but we had food and usually a bottle of water or something. Can't keep too much, because the water will freeze and crack the bottle, but we tried to keep something. And usually a space blanket or something, boots, extra gloves.

[Moonliner]

*sigh*

Well that was one for the record books. Mrs. Moonie was trapped in her car pretty much all night. She finally made it home about 5:30am. She did OK, she had a blanket and a hybrid car that let her idle more than the gas guzzlers around her.

Note to self: Upgrade "blizzard" kit to include large tin can.

[Betty]

*sigh*

Well that was one for the record books. Mrs. Moonie was trapped in her car pretty much all night. She finally made it home about 5:30am. She did OK, she had a blanket and a hybrid car that let her idle more than the gas guzzlers around her.

Note to self: Upgrade "blizzard" kit to include large tin can.

Oh that sounds unfortunate. Glad she's home now.

[Kevy Baby]

Glad to hear she is safe!

[Snowflake]

Moonie, glad to hear she made it through the night okay and home safely. Yikes!

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Yes - so glad she is safe.

[mousepod]

Happy that Mrs. Moonie made it home!

[CoasterMatt]

Yay! Glad Mrs. Moonie is home, ok.

[flippyshark]

I'm on Boing Boing today. I made an Xtranormal movie about my old days as a greeter at The Great Movie Ride (http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/27/tale-from-the-disney.html#comments), my brother submitted it, and this morning Cory Doctorow posted it. What a world.

[Morrigoon]

That was you? It was hilarious!

[mousepod]

Just watched your xtranormal, flippy. I'm confused, though. Isn't it a show? And when does it start?

Love it!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Glad Mrs. Moonie made it home (5:30am??!???).

[Moonliner]

I'm on Boing Boing today. I made an Xtranormal movie about my old days as a greeter at The Great Movie Ride (http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/27/tale-from-the-disney.html#comments), my brother submitted it, and this morning Cory Doctorow posted it. What a world.

Well ain't you to cool for school. Well done I say, well done :snap:

[Not Afraid]

Moonie, I'm so glad to hear the Mrs. is home. A large coffee can sounds like a good addition if one plans on being in the car for several long and cold hours.

Flippy, brilliant as always. But, please explain.....is this a movie?

[Moonliner]

Flippy, brilliant as always. But, please explain.....is this a movie?

I just visited this attraction on Sunday! I think I can clarify for you: They took classic movies and added a slow loop.

[Kevy Baby]

They took classic movies and added a slow loop.It would be perfect for loopy (Lupey)!

[Kevy Baby]

It seems weird to think that soon, Kodak - the company that seems synonymous with film and photography - may no longer be in the film and photography business (http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110127/BUSINESS/101270338/1001/business).

I am in the printing business and they still have a huge presence here, particularly with their high-speed ink-jet technology (they have an ink-jet printing press as well as high-speed ink-jet heads for attaching on to web printing presses - we use this technology on some of our larger mailing projects). It just seems weird that they may no longer make film.